Security marking method and composition
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1. A security marking method comprising the steps of:
- applying a first marking to a surface of a substrate with a mixture of a printing medium and a first composition, wherein the first marking is visible to an unaided human eye and is indistinguishable from a marking applied with the printing medium alone, to an unaided human eye when illuminated by visible light or ultraviolet light; and
thereafter activating the first marking upon demand with a second composition, wherein the second composition is reactable with the first composition to fluoresce and wherein the fluorescing is only visible to an unaided human eye when illuminated by ultraviolet light.
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A security marking method and composition wherein a first marking is applied to a surface of a substrate with a mixture of a printing medium and a first composition, wherein the first marking is visible to an unaided human eye and is indistinguishable from a marking applied with the printing medium alone, to an unaided human eye when illuminated by visible light or ultraviolet light. A second composition is added either with the mixture or thereafter, wherein the second composition is reactable with the first composition to fluoresce and wherein the fluorescing is only visible to an unaided human eye when illuminated by ultraviolet light.
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1. A security marking method comprising the steps of:
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applying a first marking to a surface of a substrate with a mixture of a printing medium and a first composition, wherein the first marking is visible to an unaided human eye and is indistinguishable from a marking applied with the printing medium alone, to an unaided human eye when illuminated by visible light or ultraviolet light; and thereafter activating the first marking upon demand with a second composition, wherein the second composition is reactable with the first composition to fluoresce and wherein the fluorescing is only visible to an unaided human eye when illuminated by ultraviolet light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A security marking method comprising the steps of:
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applying a first marking to a surface of a substrate with a mixture of a printing medium, a first composition and a second composition, wherein the first marking is visible to an unaided human eye and is indistinguishable from a marking applied with the printing medium alone, to an unaided human eye when illuminated by visible light or ultraviolet light, and wherein the first and second compositions are reactable in response to a mechanically applied rubbing action applied to the surface at the first marking on the substrate to fluoresce and wherein the fluorescing is only visible to an unaided human eye when illuminated by ultraviolet light; and thereafter mechanically applying a rubbing action to the first marking. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A security marking composition comprising:
a mixture of a printing medium, a first composition and a second composition, wherein a marking on a substrate made by the mixture is visible to an unaided human eye and is indistinguishable from a marking made with the printing medium alone, to an unaided human eye when illuminated by visible light or ultraviolet light, and wherein the first and second compositions are reactable in response to a mechanically applied rubbing action to the marking on the substrate to fluoresce and wherein the fluorescing is only visible to an unaided human eye when illuminated by ultraviolet light.
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